super-

super- super- [suːpə ǁ -pər] prefix

used to show that something is bigger or more powerful than other things of the same kind:

• The merger could create the first of a new breed of world-class superbanks.

• our present day super-fast communications

• purchase agreements for six supertankers

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super- UK US /suːpə^r-/ prefix

► used before adjectives and nouns to mean ""extremely"" or ""very large"": »

Supercomputers have computed pi to more than a trillion decimal places, looking always for a pattern to unlock its mystery.

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The super-rich are getting super-richer.